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Brazil's defiant Lula expected to surrender to police Saturday 07 Apr 2018 - 10:14 am

SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil: Leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spent the night holed up inside the headquarters of a...

Canada police say truck collided with hockey bus, fatalities 07 Apr 2018 - 07:56 am

NIPAWIN, Saskatchewan: A crash between a transport truck and a bus carrying a junior hockey team in Western Canada left multiple people dead...

Brazil's first black chief justice joins party to run for president 07 Apr 2018 - 07:37 am

BRASILIA: Former chief justice and the first black member of Brazil's Supreme Court, Joaquim Barbosa, joined the center-left Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) late...

Americans becoming more politically active: poll 06 Apr 2018 - 08:37 pm

Washington: Driven mainly by opposition to President Donald Trump, Americans have become increasingly politically active over the past two years, according to a...

Acting against Putin, US imposes sanctions on businessmen close to Kremlin 06 Apr 2018 - 07:45 pm

WASHINGTON: The United States imposed major sanctions on Friday against 24 Russians, striking at allies of President Vladimir Putin in one of Washington's...

As jail looms for Brazil's da Silva, his party vows to fight 05 Apr 2018 - 11:06 pm

SAO PAULO: The head of Brazil's Workers' Party on Thursday warned that jailing former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva would turn Latin...

Nominee would be first black chief justice in Connecticut 05 Apr 2018 - 10:40 pm

HARTFORD, Conn.: Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's latest nominee for chief justice of the state Supreme Court would be the first African-American to...

Ethics lawyer says he didn't have facts about Pruitt condo 05 Apr 2018 - 08:44 pm

WASHINGTON: An Environmental Protection Agency lawyer said he wasn't provided the full facts when he ruled there was no ethics violation in Administrator...

Comfort dogs in court do opposite for some defenders, judges 05 Apr 2018 - 10:26 am

HARTFORD, Conn., As dogs and other animals are increasingly used in courts to comfort and calm prosecution witnesses, a few voices are calling...

World Cup sticker fever cooled for cashless Venezuelans 05 Apr 2018 - 10:18 am

Caracas: In Venezuela, even the simple, universal pleasure of collecting cherished Panini soccer stickers in a World Cup year is soured by a...

Guatemalan businessmen to build roads and school as part of bribery sentence 05 Apr 2018 - 09:09 am

GUATEMALA CITY, Nine Guatemalan businessmen who were sentenced on Wednesday for paying bribes to receive public contracts will have to build roads and...

Brazil's Supreme Court rejects Lula's bid to avoid prison 05 Apr 2018 - 08:44 am

Brasília, Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's bid to delay a 12 year prison sentence for...

US, China rivalry poses risks, benefits for Latin America 05 Apr 2018 - 08:30 am

MENDOZA, Argentina: As the trade dispute between the United States and China was gaining steam last month, a half-dozen Chinese dancers and a...

Facebook says data leak hits 87 mln users, widening privacy scandal 05 Apr 2018 - 07:59 am

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc said on Wednesday the personal information of up to 87 million users, mostly in the United States, may have...

Migrant caravan abandons plan to travel to US border 04 Apr 2018 - 07:57 pm

Matías Romero, Mexico: A caravan of Central American migrants whose trek across Mexico infuriated President Donald Trump has decided not to travel to...

Mexico starts giving caravan migrants transit visas 04 Apr 2018 - 07:51 pm

MATIAS ROMERO, Mexico: The Mexican government began handing out transit or humanitarian visas to people in a caravan of Central American migrants, and...

Russia short of foreign policy options if bet on Trump fails 04 Apr 2018 - 07:03 pm

Moscow: Russia long saw Donald Trump as the wild card in its strategy to improve relations with the United States. But 14 months...

Female suspect dead, several hurt in Youtube shooting 04 Apr 2018 - 10:39 am

San Bruno, United States: Gunfire erupted at Youtube's offices in California Tuesday, leaving three people wounded and sparking a panicked escape before the...